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34-20-537

From: Israel | Beth Shean

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

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Object Number 34-20-537
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Israel | Beth Shean
Archaeology Area Level XII, room 1837
Period Early Bronze III
Date Made 2700-2300 BCE
Section Near Eastern
Materials Ceramic
Description

Fragment of a bowl with a short vertical rim. Black ware burning brown, with a light brown slip on both surfaces; the exterior is completely burnished with the exception of a reserved band below the rim; the interior bears traces of a pattern burnishing of crisscross lines; the burnished surfaces are of a dark brown colour. Hand made.

Credit Line Expedition to Beth Shean (Beisan); Clarence Fisher, 1934
Other Number 33-10-179 - Field No SF

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